How to grow drunken butterfly and its planting methods and matters needing attention

Drunken butterfly flower, many people do not understand, but for the first time heard of drunken butterfly flower, will be able to imagine is a particularly beautiful flower. In fact, the drunken butterfly is indeed beautiful and dazzling, and it can also attract bees to attract butterflies. You can always see butterflies and bees around the drunken butterfly flower, which makes people yearn for it. So do you know how to plant drunken butterflies?

How to grow drunken butterfly flowers

1. First of all, prepare the soil for sowing. This kind of plant does not need too special soil, but it is best to prepare some sandy soil containing humus with good drainage. Because this kind of plant can grow healthily in both sandy soil and clayey soil in addition to poor development in alkaline soil, especially in slightly acidic sandy soil. If you want to prepare the soil yourself, you can mix rotten leaf soil and vegetable garden soil in the same amount as sowing soil.

2. Disinfect the soil after it is ready, which can prevent diseases and insect pests from infecting seeds or seedlings. The best way to disinfect is to heat the soil in a pan and kill the disease and insect at high temperature.

3. then, in order to improve the success rate of seed germination, we can first promote the emergence of seedlings and soak the seeds in water of about 25 to 30 degrees for 3 to 10 hours until we see that the seeds swell up because they are full of water and can be taken out.

4. some seeds are difficult to pick up by hand, so we can prepare toothpicks, wet one end of the toothpicks with water, stick the seeds and put them on the prepared soil layer, subdivide them one by one, and then cover them with a layer of soil one centimeter thick. then put the sown flowerpot in water, and the depth of water immersion should reach 1/2 or 2/3 of the height of the flowerpot. Let the water come up slowly.

5. For the larger seeds that can be picked up by hand, they can be placed directly on the soil layer, and the distance between the seeds should reach the space range of 3x3 centimeters. After sowing, cover it with a layer of soil that is about 2 to 3 times the volume of the seed. After sowing, you can wet the soil layer with water, and then wait until you see that the soil on the basin is slightly dry.

Planting methods and matters needing attention of drunken butterfly

1. Soil

Drunken butterfly flowers are good conservation plants and do not need special soil. Preferably sandy soil containing humus with good drainage. The root system of drunken butterfly is more developed, and the basin should be slightly deeper and larger, with a basin diameter of 20 cm to 30 cm.

Except for poor growth in alkaline soil, it can grow in sandy soil and clayey soil, and grow best in slightly acidic sandy loam. Rotten leaf soil and vegetable garden soil can be used to cultivate soil. It requires loose soil and good drainage.

2. Light and temperature

Like the sun is warm, resistant to heat, slightly resistant to semi-shade, not resistant to cold. Summer is the growing period, and the plants die in case of frost. The suitable temperature is 20-32 ℃.

3. Water and fertilizer management

Watering: be able to withstand drought, but grow better when given higher air humidity. Water every day in midsummer and water thoroughly. Like higher air humidity, air humidity is too low, will accelerate the withering of a single flower. Also afraid of rain, need to keep the leaves dry at night. The optimum air relative humidity is 65-75%.

Fertilization: like other grass flowers, drunken butterfly flowers require more fertilizer and water, but they are required to follow the principle of "light fertilizer applied frequently, less and more times, and complete nutrition". After fertilization, leaves and flowers should be kept dry at night. If it is used as a pot, the thin compound liquid fertilizer should be applied 2-3 times during the bud period, and it can blossom during the Spring Festival.

Points for attention of drunken butterfly flower

1. Potting or transplanting

When the seedlings are installed in the basin, first put a coarse-grained matrix or ceramsite 2-2 cm thick at the bottom of the basin as a filter layer, sprinkle a layer of fully mature organic fertilizer as base fertilizer with a thickness of about 1-2 cm, and then cover it with a layer of matrix, about 1-2 cm thick, and then put in the plant to separate the fertilizer from the root system and avoid burning roots. Pour water once after putting on the basin and keep it in a shady environment for a week.

2. Pick the heart

Coring is usually carried out twice before flowering to promote the germination of more flowering branches: one to two weeks after potting, or when the seedling is 6-10 cm tall and has more than six leaves, remove the top tip and retain the lower 3-4 leaves to promote branching.

After the first coring for 3-5 weeks, or when the lateral branch grows to 6-8 cm long, the second coring is performed, that is, the top tip of the lateral branch is removed and the 4 leaves under the lateral branch are retained. After two coring, the plant type will be more ideal and the number of flowering will be more. When planting flower beds, the residual flowers should be picked in time so that they do not bear seeds in order to prolong the flowering period.

When to sow the drunken butterfly flower

The growth law of drunken butterfly flower is similar to that of ordinary crops, planting in spring and autumn harvest. Therefore, sowing is of course chosen in the spring when all things recover.

When the seeds germinate, the temperature should be above 20 ℃, and the seeds should be sowed in a plastic shed in early spring before they can germinate neatly. If the temperature is suitable, it can germinate about 1 week after sowing. Flower friends in the north can delay the sowing time appropriately, because spring always comes rather late in the north.

To sum up, I believe you have a certain understanding of the breeding methods of drunken butterfly flowers. In fact, the drunken butterfly flower is not only of high ornamental value, but also edible! And the taste is particularly delicious, rich in nutrients, but also has a very good effect on some diseases!